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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">PyScripter 
	incorporates a powerful search facility that enables you to quickly locate text 
	strings in files.&nbsp; Using &quot;Find in Files&quot;, you can search the 
	current file, all open files or all files in a directory (optionally including 
	sub-directories).&nbsp; </span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">To begin a 
	search, select &quot;Find in Files&quot; from the PyScripter menu.&nbsp; A dialog 
	will appear like the one below into which you can enter your search criteria.&nbsp; 
	Note that the word under the cursor or the selected text when calling up this 
	dialog, will be used as the default search string.</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">The various 
	options in the search dialog are as follows:</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101"><b>Text to 
	Find:</b>&nbsp; The text or regular expression to search for&nbsp; </span>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101"><b>Options:</b></span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Case sensitive:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Search 
	is case sensitive (a and A are treated as different characters)</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Whole word:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return 
	matches that are whole words (delimited by whitespace or &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;punctuation 
	such as &quot;().,&lt;&gt;-{}!@#$&quot;)&nbsp; Note that 0-9 and _ are treated &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as 
	part of a word.</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Regular expression:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 
	text to find is a regular expression</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Ignore Comments:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ignore 
	matches in comments for Python files</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101"><b>Where</b> 
	(search scope):</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Current file 
	only:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Only 
	the file that is currently in focus for editing</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Open files:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All 
	files that are currently open in the editor</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Project files:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All 
	project files </span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Search in 
	directories:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All files specified by the Directory 
	Search options (see below)</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101"><b>Directory 
	Search:</b></span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Note: This 
	portion of the dialog is only enabled if &quot;Search in directories&quot; is 
	selected.&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="parameters.htm">Custom paremeters</a> are supported 
	in the directories field.</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Directories:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A 
	semicolon separated list of directories to search</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">&quot;...&quot; 
	Button:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Allows 
	browsing for a search directory</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">File masks:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Limits 
	the search to a semicolon separated list of file extensions</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Include subdirectories:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enables 
	recursive searching of the search directories</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">Once you have 
	entered the search criteria, click the OK button or press enter to initiate 
	the search.&nbsp; As the search progresses, results will be shown in the
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #0000ff"><u>Find in 
	Files Results</u></span></font></a><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101"> 
	window. From the results window, you can also perform multi-file search/replace 
	on the matches.</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101"><i>Credits: 
	This utility is based on code from the GExperts project </i>(</span></font><a href="http:\\www.gexperts.org"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #0000ff"><u>www.gexperts.org</u></span></font></a><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #010101">)<i>.</i></span></font></div>

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